Zorya Lugansk lost to Rukh Lviv in the match of the 1st round of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) of the 2023/24 season. The duel at the stadium " Luhansk took the lead in the middle of the first half. In the 21st minute, Nazariy Rusin closed a cross from Denis Antyukh. However, in the second half of the meeting, the " Vasily Runich equalized the score in the 67th minute. In the 84th minute, Zorya remained in the minority - the Brazilian newcomer of the Luhansk club Jordan received a second yellow card. The Lviv team took advantage of the numerical advantage and scored the winning goal in the 86th minute. An accurate shot into the near corner from outside the penalty area was delivered by Yuriy Klimchuk. It should be noted that Serbian specialist Nenad Lalatovich made his debut as the head coach of Zorya in this match. He replaced the Dutchman Patrick van Leeuwen in the Luhansk club, who headed Shakhtar Donetsk. Van Leeuwen's team won the UPL bronze last season. In the second round of the championship of Ukraine " Both fights will take place on August 6.